Snake Identification

[Duck Butter]

Originally Posted by SpeckleBUTTCHEEKS

Was found in Louisiana, and in a garden. It was reddish brown, b/w 1'-1.5' long, no rattle... at times his head would appear diamond shaped

Definite brown snake then, they are found in yards and the diamond shaped head and flattened out body was to try and mimic a venomous snake and appear larger than it was. You can't make them bite you if you tried, but all snakes that are small and brown are called ground rattlers, but as someone above said 'ground rattlers' is just a misnomer. We have 2 rattlesnakes the timber rattler aka canebrake rattler and the pygmy rattlesnake, the Eastern diamondacked rattler has been recorded to have been found in SE LA but the record is kinda sketchy.